Temporary repairs to Churchill, Manitoba rail line could get it running in 30 days: Consultant report

By Kelly Malone, CBC News; October 16, 2017 A temporary repair proposal outlines how Omnitrax could get rail service returned to…

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Kenya: 140 cows hit by Madaraka Express since June

By KENNEDY KANGETHE, Capital FM Business; October 17, 2017 NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 17 – China Roads and Bridges Corporation has…

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Today’s history note: How Aussies Beat the Odds To Build The Trans-Australian Railway

By Jess Zavolokin, National Geographic Magazine; October 17, 2017 The railway project that took 2.5 million hardwood sleepers and 140,000…

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Manitoba: Ship carrying supplies and fuel arrives in Churchill

By Sean Kavanagh, CBC News, October 15, 2017 The MV Nunalik sailed into the Churchill River early Sunday morning with a…

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Manitoba: Ship brings propane to Churchill, will leave with stranded VIA Rail train

By Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press, CTV News; October 15, 2017 CHURCHILL, Man. — A ship has arrived in Manitoba’s…

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‘Midnight Rider’ Case: CSX Wants New Trial; Sarah Jones Family Fights Against It

By Anita Busch, Deadline Hollywood; October 13, 2017 CSX is asking for a new trial after losing a civil case…

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Record levels of private investment in UK rail

By Andy Roden, Rail Magazine; October 13, 2017 Private companies invested a total of £925 million in Britain’s rail network…

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Florida East Coast Railway President and CEO James Hertwig elected chair of Denver’s Transportation Institute

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; October 12, 2017 Florida East Coast Railway President and Chief Executive Officer James Hertwig has been…

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Indiana court upholds tickets for blocked railroad crossings

By Scott Miley, CNHI Statehouse Reporter; and Dave Taylor, Tribune-Star; October 12, 2017 A court ruling this week concerning blocked…

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Minneapolis: Former Canadian Pacific tech worker convicted of damaging the company’s IT system

By Paul Walsh, Star Tribune; October 11, 2017 Jurors in Minneapolis convicted a former technology worker at Canadian Pacific of…

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Virginia: FRA slates hearings for proposed Richmond-D.C. higher-speed rail line

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; October 11, 2017 The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) and the Federal Railroad…

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Siemens Makes Strategic Investment in Wi-Tronix

A press release from Siemens and Wi-Tronix: With Wi-Tronix, Siemens expands its digitalized services for predictive maintenance in the rail…

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London: What went wrong during the Waterloo station upgrades?

By Nigel Wordsworth, Rail Engineer; October 6, 2017 London Waterloo station was recently the subject of a 24-day partial blockade…

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Still no rail service in northern Manitoba town as winter approaches

By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press, National Post; October 5, 2017 CHURCHILL, Man. — With winter looming and still no…

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Felon behind theft of 100 guns from cargo train given 10 years in prison

By Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune; October 3, 2017 Growing up on Chicago’s South Side, prolific train burglar Andrew Shelton understood…

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EU fines Lithuania railway operator over competition breach

By The Associated Press, Tri-City Herald, October 2, 2017 BRUSSELS  –  European Union antitrust regulators have fined Lithuania’s state-owned railways…

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BNSF, UP expanding, upgrading in northern Idaho

Written by Bruce E. Kelly, Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; September 26, 2017 Track projects this summer in northern Idaho…

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